green bean and meat tajine

Ingredients for 6 to 8 people :

* 1 1/2 kg (3 lbs 5 oz) of meat (mutton shoulder and chops or veal knuckle)

* 1 kg (2 lbs 3 oz) of green beans * 1 heaped teaspoonful of ginger

* 1 good pinch of saffron * 1 soupspoon ful of paprika * 1/2 teaspoonful of cumin

* 3/4 ladleful of groundnut oil * 1/2 tea glassful of lemon juice * salt

Preparation:

Cut the meat into pieces weighing about 150 g (5 oz), rinse and put in a thick-bottomed saucepan with salt, ginger, saffron and oil. Cover with water and cook with the lid on, stirring from time to time. Add water it necessary, Meanwhile, string and wash the green beans, cook in salt water and strain, When the meat is cooked and breaks off easily in the fingers, mix the lemon juice.

paprika and cumin together and pour into the saucepan and add the green beans. Stir well so that the beans are covered with the sauce, Let the sauce boil down until it is thick (if necessary bind it with a teaspoonful of flour blended with a little water), Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Arrange the meat on a round dish with the beans on top and pour the sauce over.